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Nicholas Cecil

Greta Thunberg in London: we must raise our voices on global warming

Greta Thunberg appealed to millions around the world to “raise our voices” and force governments to act against global warming.

The climate activist, 20, who since a teenager has campaigned for stronger steps to avert catastrophic rises in temperatures, on Sunday night told a packed-out audience in the Royal Festival Hall in London that it was her 258th week of protesting.

Asked how to ensure phasing out fossil fuels is on the agenda at the upcoming climate change conference Cop28 in Dubai, she said: “Raise our voices... that’s all we can do. We’re not the ones in power. The ones in the world with the most powerful voices, with the most resources, are the ones who are destroying the world.”

Thunberg is increasingly taking direct action and was last week hauled away by police in Sweden, as she was sat on a road to an oil terminal, hours after being fined £120 by a Malmo court for her role in a previous eco-demonstration.

Speaking at the Southbank Centre’s Planet Summer festival, young activists including Thunberg and Mya-Rose Craig warned against approving the Rosebank oil and gas field, west of Shetland. Climate campaigner Tori Tsui said: “It is a death sentence.”

But ministers say extracting fossil fuels in the North Atlantic and North Sea is more environmentally friendly than buying it from other countries because it saves on shipping emissions.

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